Online Reporter
Martin Kadzere
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has suspended its director of finance and administration, Mr Daniel Ngwira, citing a series of grave misconduct allegations involving insubordination and the obstruction of board-approved resolutions.
The suspension is effective from January 29, 2026.
According to a suspension notice by the NSSA general manager, Dr Charles Shava, the suspension was necessary to investigate Mr Ngwira’s conduct under the Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct) Regulations.
Central to the charges is a claim that Mr Ngwira willfully failed to implement a binding resolution to pay terminal benefits to an eligible employee in 2025.
The alleged refusal to honour a lawful order is being treated as a significant breach of his fiduciary duties to the State pension fund.
Further allegations suggest a pattern of unauthorised interference in NSSA’s internal governance.
The authority claims Mr Ngwira improperly intervened in approval processes by endorsing memoranda outside his delegated authority and unreasonably blocked a motor vehicle loan for a qualifying staff member, despite such loans being supported by NSSA policy.
The suspension letter also highlights a long-running dispute regarding Mr Ngwira’s own conditions of service.
Between late 2023 and early 2026, he is alleged to have “persistently disregarded” managerial authority by repeatedly demanding a company vehicle against his supervisor’s instructions and improperly escalating the matter to the board while copying subordinates on the correspondence.
Under the terms of the suspension, Mr Ngwira is strictly prohibited from accessing any NSSA premises or contacting employees who may be witnesses in the upcoming disciplinary hearing.
He has also been ordered to surrender all company assets immediately to ensure that documentary and electronic evidence remains untampered with during the probe.
